Dangerous chemicals that can be used in horrific acid attacks are being sold openly on internet sites like Amazon and eBay.

The news comes after two teens were arrested following five attacks in London over 90 minutes on Thursday. They all targeted moped riders, with two having their bikes stolen. A sixth moped rider was attacked on Friday.

Our investigation found sulphuric, nitric and hydrochloric acids were all available at the click of a mouse on the internet giants – despite eBay insisting it had “banned the sale of high risk chemicals”.

We found:

*A 10 litre cask of sulphuric acid for sale on eBay for £28.

*One litre containers available for £8.99.

*A bottle of nitric acid available for £35.

*Hydrochloric Acid available for £13.29 for a five litre canister.

*Sulphuric and hydrochloric acids available on Amazon.

Acid Survivors Trust International’s Jaf Shah said: “We have made recommendations to the government about the need to introduce much tighter controls on shops and online to prevent the sale of such corrosive substances.”

There is no suggestion that Amazon or eBay have done anything illegal.

Sulphuric acid was among lethal chemicals we found for sale online (Image: screen grab)

Acids are also sold by numerous smaller businesses over the internet.

Sources at eBay and Amazon were keen to point out corrosive acids could also be bought on the high street.